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Real Murders
by Charlaine Harris
Aurora Teagarden is a librarian in a small town in Georgia. She and other true crime afficionados have created a Real Murder club where they meet and discuss real historic murders like Lizzie Borden, re-evaluating the evidence, etc. As the book opens, Aurora is on her way to the VFW for the current meeting, where she will be presenting the Julia Wallace Murder for discussion. Unfortunately, an actual murder happened at the VFW and is staged to mirror that of Julia Wallace and to be found just as the Real Murder Group is gathering. Aurora and her fellow group members are embroiled in the case, as well as a rapid series of murders all reflecting famous murders.
This is the first in a mystery series written by Charlaine Harris that predates her Sookie Stackhouse series, having been published in 1990. This series has also been made into a Hallmark Mystery Movie series staring Candace Cameron Bure and that fact made reading this a little tricky -- as I don't like the series, and Bure is nothing like the Aurora portrayed in the book IMHO. I did get past this finally, in part because I had no idea whodunit, only getting a glimmering just before the end. That's a major plus in a cozy as I do tend to solve them by about chapter 3 or 4.
Will I read more of this series? Not so sure. I did not find any of the characters all that engaging, but I did enjoy the murder mystery. I rather enjoyed also being back at a time where no one had a mobile phone, the internet wasn't at everyone's fingertips, and things were typed on typewriters that police actually are able to trace and use as evidence.
This is the first in a mystery series written by Charlaine Harris that predates her Sookie Stackhouse series, having been published in 1990. This series has also been made into a Hallmark Mystery Movie series staring Candace Cameron Bure and that fact made reading this a little tricky -- as I don't like the series, and Bure is nothing like the Aurora portrayed in the book IMHO. I did get past this finally, in part because I had no idea whodunit, only getting a glimmering just before the end. That's a major plus in a cozy as I do tend to solve them by about chapter 3 or 4.
Will I read more of this series? Not so sure. I did not find any of the characters all that engaging, but I did enjoy the murder mystery. I rather enjoyed also being back at a time where no one had a mobile phone, the internet wasn't at everyone's fingertips, and things were typed on typewriters that police actually are able to trace and use as evidence.